Chinese symbol for “wing”
翼
yì
wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wing is 翼 (yì), defined as: wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “wing”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翅膀 | chì bǎng | wing; 只 (zhī),对 (duì) |
| 联队 (聯隊) | lián duì | wing (of an air force); sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea) |
| 翅 | chì | (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect) |
| 机翼 (機翼) | jī yì | wing (of an aircraft) |
| 羽翼 | yǔ yì | wing; (fig.) assistant |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 翼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 左翼 | zuǒ yì | left-wing (political) |
| 右翼 | yòu yì | the right flank; (politically) right-wing |
| 小心翼翼 | xiǎo xīn yì yì | (idiom) cautious; careful; prudent |
| 机翼 (機翼) | jī yì | wing (of an aircraft) |
| 两翼 (兩翼) | liǎng yì | both wings (of a bird, aircraft or building); (military) both flanks |
| 羽翼 | yǔ yì | wing; (fig.) assistant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wing”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.